Issue 17930 - It is not possible to put a border round selected text.
Summary: It is not possible to put a border round selected text.
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: formatting (show other issues)
Version: 3.3.0 or older (OOo)
Hardware: Other All
: P3 Trivial with 26 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: ms_interoperability, oooqa
: 17931 41834 65924 66625 75944 109082 112424 118646 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2003-08-06 14:13 UTC by sleepytiger
Modified: 2015-10-23 13:43 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.2-dev
Developer Difficulty: ---

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Description sleepytiger 2003-08-06 14:14:55 UTC 
While typing up some notes about a reinstall of Windows on a laptop PC I  
discovered that it is not possible to put a border round a small amount of  
text.  
 
I wanted to write up about use of the 'Fn' key, which on the keyboard  
has a box round the letters. This feature is also an easy and quick way of  
making boxes for printed questionnaires...  
  
This is possible in Word 97 -- just highlight the letters, and select  
Format->Borders and Shading.  
  
It isn't possible in Writer, and the .DOC saved in Word subsequently loaded in  
Writer loses this formatting.  
  
This would be a useful addition to Writer, and improve Word/Writer  
compatibility.
Comment 1 sleepytiger 2003-08-06 15:07:48 UTC 
*** Issue 17931 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 2 rblackeagle 2003-08-06 16:13:30 UTC 
To do this, I tried to create a boxed character style.  It looks
strange.  The behavior he suggests would be much better than some
workarounds I have used (such as insterting a text box and typing the
text I wanted boxed, then going outside the text box (anchored as
character) and typing the rest of the sentence/paragraph. 
Unfortunately, because OOo allows inserted items to move somewhat
freely, when adding text before the box, strange things happen and the
box has to be moved.

I would suggest this enhancement.
Comment 3 stefan.baltzer 2003-09-08 17:33:49 UTC 
SBA: Reassigned to Bettina from the User Experience team for consideration.
Comment 4 ace_dent 2006-01-18 11:28:54 UTC 
Confirmed using Writer OOo 2.0.1 on PC WinXP SP2.

Borders only exist as a Paragraph style but not as a Character style.
This would be a useful addition and improve MS Office compatibility.
Comment 5 michael.ruess 2006-07-14 15:00:37 UTC 
*** Issue 41834 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 6 michael.ruess 2006-07-14 15:02:07 UTC 
*** Issue 66625 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 michael.ruess 2006-07-14 15:02:32 UTC 
*** Issue 65924 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 8 michael.ruess 2007-04-02 09:06:17 UTC 
*** Issue 75944 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 9 mroe 2008-06-23 09:04:37 UTC 
Is this feature still on the to do list? Nothing since 5 years?
Because it is not only a enhancement but also a import bug this issue should be
raised for OOo3.x.
Comment 10 michael.ruess 2010-02-09 14:40:28 UTC 
*** Issue 109082 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 11 jbf.faure 2010-02-10 05:20:07 UTC 
Add me to cc.
Comment 12 bettina.haberer 2010-05-21 14:49:13 UTC 
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on
my owner to the owner "requirements".
Comment 13 eric.savary 2010-06-15 18:32:32 UTC 
*** Issue 112424 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 14 Paulo Correia 2011-12-16 22:58:10 UTC 
The OASIIS standard provided cacactere bord?
Comment 16 Marcus 2011-12-17 00:10:22 UTC 
*** Issue 118646 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***